Minnie Warren

Huldah Pierce Warren Bump (June 2, 1849 – July 23, 1878[1]), better known as Minnie Warren, was a 19th century dwarf who gained fame as an associate of P.T. Barnum. Her sister, Lavinia Warren, was married to General Tom Thumb.[2][3][4][5]

She was born in Middleborough, Massachusetts. She married another dwarf, Edmund Newell. She died in childbirth on July 23, 1878, and was buried in Nemasket Hill Cemetery, Middleborough.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b Kennedy, Dan (2010) [2003]. "Chapter Three: Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues". Little People: A Father Reflects on His Daughter's Dwarfism -- and What It Means to Be Different (revised ed.). http://littlepeoplethebook.com/online-edition/chapter-03/. Retrieved 24 September 2009. 
  2. ^ ""COMMODORE NUTT" DEAD.; THE HISTORY OF THE WELL-KNOWN DWARF.". New York Times. 26 May 1881. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B0DE3D8133CEE3ABC4E51DFB366838A699FDE. Retrieved 4 March 2011. 
  3. ^ P.T. Barnum: America's Greatest Showman, Kunhardt, Philip B., Jr., Kunhardt, Philip B., III and Kunhardt, Peter W., Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. ISBN 0-679-43574-3.
  4. ^ Smithsonian Institution
  5. ^ Center For Disability And Public History